Wars Between Indigenous Peoples and US Government — Quiz

Question 1

At the battle of Wounded Knee in 1890, US Army officers tried to

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disarm the Sioux but then fired on them.

Question 2

Conflicts between the Sioux Indians of the Plains and the US Army spanned from

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the 1860s to the 1890s.

Question 3

The final battle in the American Indian wars occurred at

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Wounded Knee.

Question 4

In the 1870s, a gold rush attracted waves of settlers to Sioux territory in

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the Black Hills.

Question 5

Who led the attack that became known as the Sand Creek Massacre?

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Colonel John Chivington

Question 6

What was one cause of the First Dakota War, which occurred in 1862?

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The government withheld food and cash supplies from the Dakota.

Question 7

In the 1860s, tensions in Colorado between American Indians and white settlers led to a massacre at

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Sand Creek.

Question 8

Why did tensions arise between American settlers and American Indians when gold was discovered at Pike’s Peak?

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Pike’s Peak was on American Indian land.

Question 9

The massacre at Sand Creek was an attack by

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a Colorado militia on peaceful American Indians.

Question 10

Which is the correct order of key events in the Sioux conflicts?

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(1) Red Cloud’s War (2) Treaty of Fort Laramie (3) Black Hills Gold Rush (4) Battle of Little Bighorn

Wars Between Indigenous Peoples and US Government — Quiz Answers